@article{d1d0d060326b466ab1ac80974e419cba,
title = "Racial and socioeconomic disparities in the efficacy of a family-based treatment programme for paediatric obesity",
abstract = "Background: Family-based behavioural weight loss treatment (FBT) is an evidence-based intervention for paediatric overweight/obesity (OV/OB), but little research has examined the relative efficacy of FBT across socioeconomic status (SES), and racial groups. Method: A total of 172 youth (7-11 years; 61.6% female; 70.1% White, 15.7% Black; child percent OV = 64.2 ± 25.2; 14.5% low-income) completed 4 months of FBT and 8 months of additional intervention (either active social facilitation-based weight management or an education control condition). Parents reported family income, social status (Barratt simplified measure of social status) and child race at baseline. Household income was dichotomized into < or >50% of the area median family income. Race was classified into White, Black or other/multi-race. Treatment efficacy was assessed by change in child % OV (BMI % above median BMI for age and sex) and change in child BMI % of 95th percentile (BMI % of the 95th percentile of weight for age and sex). Latent change score models examined differences in weight change between 0 and 4 months, 4 and 12 months and 0 and 12 months by income, social status and race. Results: Black children had, on average, less weight loss by 4 months compared to White children. Low-income was associated with less weight loss at 4 months when assessed independent of race. No differences by race, social status or income were detected from 4 to 12-months or from 0 to 12 months. Conclusions: FBT is effective at producing child weight loss across different SES and racial groups, but more work is needed to understand observed differences in initial efficacy and optimize treatment across all groups.",
keywords = "childhood obesity, family-based treatment, health disparities, income, race, weight loss",
author = "Davison, {Genevieve M.} and Fowler, {Lauren A.} and Melissa Ramel and Stein, {Richard I.} and Conlon, {Rachel P.K.} and Saelens, {Brian E.} and Welch, {R. Robinson} and Perri, {Michael G.} and Epstein, {Leonard H.} and Wilfley, {Denise E.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Washington University in St. Louis faculty members Joshua Jackson and Desiree White who served on G.M.D's masters committee for which an initial draft of this manuscript was prepared and offered their guidance and feedback. This research was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (grant R01HD036904 to D.E.W.); National Institute of Mental Health (grant K24MH070446 to D.E.W.); National Centre for Research Resources (NCRR) (grants KL2RR024994 [R.I.S.], UL1RR024992 and UL1RR025014); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (grant T32HL130357 [G.M.D.]); the NIDDK Nutrition Obesity Research Centre (grant P30DK056341); National Centre for Advancing Translational Sciences (University of Washington Clinical and Translational Science Award) of the National Institutes of Health (grants UL1TR000448 and UL1TR000423); St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation (Washington University Paediatric and Adolescent Ambulatory Research Consortium); and institutional support from Washington University School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Research Institute. Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Washington University in St. Louis faculty members Joshua Jackson and Desiree White who served on G.M.D's masters committee for which an initial draft of this manuscript was prepared and offered their guidance and feedback. This research was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (grant R01HD036904 to D.E.W.); National Institute of Mental Health (grant K24MH070446 to D.E.W.); National Centre for Research Resources (NCRR) (grants KL2RR024994 [R.I.S.], UL1RR024992 and UL1RR025014); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (grant T32HL130357 [G.M.D.]); the NIDDK Nutrition Obesity Research Centre (grant P30DK056341); National Centre for Advancing Translational Sciences (University of Washington Clinical and Translational Science Award) of the National Institutes of Health (grants UL1TR000448 and UL1TR000423); St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation (Washington University Paediatric and Adolescent Ambulatory Research Consortium); and institutional support from Washington University School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Research Institute. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 World Obesity Federation",
year = "2021",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1111/ijpo.12792",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
journal = "Pediatric Obesity",
issn = "2047-6302",
number = "10",
}